Easy Seasoning

My husband punched a few holes in a decorative canning jar lid; then I filled a pint-size canning jar with a mixture of 1 cup salt, 1/4 cup pepper and 1/4 cup garlic powder. (You could also add 1/8 cup onion powder.)
I keep the mixture on my stove and use it to season everything from scrambled eggs to sandwiches. When a recipe calls for all these ingredients, I unscrew the lid and approximate how much I need without having to measure each one. —Dianna Croske, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania

Featured Recipes

I love cranberries and freeze them in season to enjoy all year-round. Living near New Jersey’s cranberry bogs inspires me to develop new and delicious ways to use them, as in this recipe.—Christine Wendland, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Spicy Snack Mix is a light, crispy concoction that's a favorite of Betty Sitzman and her family in Wray, Colorado. The nuts help to satisfy the "hungries", and you can make the mix more or less spicy to suit your taste.